Monthly Regider For NOVEMBER 1790. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIES. Extract of a Letter from Bombay, April 17. FRON ROM your situation in the management of public concerns, it would be vain in me to attempt information. The war will no doubt make great noife in Europe. It appears to be entered on with determination, and I have not the smalleft doubt but it will end with fuccess. The steady and deliberate conduct of the Governor General, the admirable choice of the Commanders, the spirit and good difcipline of the troops, all conspire the overthrow of the tyrant. May he now experience those evils he has fo abundant'y heaped on the heads of our unfortunate countrymen! "The late cruelties exercised on the natives, have rendered him odious to them, and to the powers of Hindoftan. The Mahrattas, anxious to recover their loft territory, promise unequivocal fuccour. The Nizam appears zealous for the war, and by this time has reinforced the Bengal detachment under Lieutenant Colonel Cockerel, with 10,000 of his beft horfe. The Hindoo petty States have been long ripe for a revolt, and I ean foresee nothing but impending ruin. "This war, which we aretaught to be lieve had its origin in England, appears to every perfon in this country as juft, neceffary, and proper-just to the intereft of our best ally the King of Travancore-neceffary for our own honour and reputation-proper, from the favourable opportunity of attacking the deftroyer of nations, and the scourge of man kind. an indelible mark, and will operate with tenfold vengeance. "The detachment from hence, when joined from Tellicherry, and with the affiftance of the two Madras battalions now in Travancore, and the Rajah's regular troops, will be perfectly equal to protect the country, and oblige the enemy to retire from the lines raited for its defence. "The kingdom of Travancore is partieularly inacceffible to horie, and derives from nature peculiar advantages. Tippoo's efforts, heretofore, must therefore have proved ineffectual. We have had accounts of his bad fuccess in two attacks. "A little time will put our armies in a fituation to act with effect, and the operations of this war will be vigorous and active: It is the Nabob's interest to protract it-ours, to determine his fate. by spirited exertions. "The want of draught cattle is some hindrance to the fouthern army affentbled at Trichinopoly, under Colonel Mufgrave. "It is affirmed here, that on the opening of the feafon, our Governor, Colonel Abercrombie, means to embody the militia, and to join the army in perfon at the head of all the reguar troops capable of bearing arme in fo glorious a caufe. From the best accounts of the fituation of Tippoo, he is at prefent in the neighbourhood of Dendigul, at the head of 16,000 horse, ready to make an ineursion, as foon as our armies are in motion; this may create a temporary inconvenience, but his attention will foon be awakened to matters of more ferious i portance." APRIL 18. "Lieutenant Colonel Cockerel, with fis fix battalions of Bengal Sepoys, and a de tachment of Artillery, have marched to Hyderabad, to be joined by 10,000 horfe from the Nizam, and to penetrate to the N. E. of Tippoo's country. An attack is concerted with the Manrastas, to whom We are to give a small force for the reConquering the Gooty country. A large army of 14,000 regulars is assembled at Trichincpoly, under the command of Colonel Mulgrave. The Grand Army, under Co'onet Nixon, is establishing at Waliaj Lad; and, a few days ago, Cotonel Hartley left this, with the 15th regiment, and two battalions of Sepoys, to join the force now on the coast of Malabar, for the protection of the Travancore country, and the lines raised for its defence. Hitherto, the efforts of Tippoo have proved fruitless. He has been repulfed bravely by the Rajah's troops. The time is near at hand when he must atone for his tranfgreffions and expiate the blood of our laughtered countrymen BOMBAY, April 20. "My business will prevent my joining the army for fome time-But indeed the present profpect of affairs promifes better things. War is now declared against the Nabob Tippoo Saib, and it is expected the whole force from hence will proceed after the breaking up of the inonfoons in Auguft next. A detachment has already taken the field from this fide of India, and large armies are collecting on the other; and as the war has been entered upon with coolness and de'iberation, thon, fo it will undoubtedly end with fuc cefs. Our new Governor-General Abercrom by is excerdingly and juftly liked.-He is a good foldier, and makes a most admirable Governor. It is imagined he will take the field in perfon after the rains, and participate in the laurels of the most honourable war ever entered into in this country. Our Ally the King of Travancore has been wantonly and cruelly attacked. Our Governments.in India have been attacked, and our countrymen murdered in cold blood. The time is near at hand, when the most abominable of tyrants, the destroyer of kingdoms, and the scourge of mankind, mufi atone for his iniquities, and be humbled for his tranfgreffions. The hand of Providence has overtaken him át last, After a serious of crimes, she met satraordinary and unheard of, our armies, powerful and well appointed are at this moment prepared to deiclate his kingdom from different quarters, and defervedly to heap on his head all those calamities he has to frequently heaped on the heads of others. Extract of a letter from an officer in India to a gentieman in Edinburgh. Vipeen, near Cranganore, 31 May 1790. "I embrace the laft opportunity i shall probably have of writing to you for tome time, to acquaint you that there is now the profpect of a general war in India, owing to the turbulence of our inveterate enemy, Tippoo Sultan. "Our movement to this place has been in confequence of a most unwarrantable attack upon the ancient ally of the Cămpany, the King of Travancore; I am forry to add, that a few days previous to our arrival, the invader was fortunate enough to carry the lines, which defend the entrance into the country, by ftorm, and to fpread devastation over every part he paffed through, which is the general way of carrying on war among the native powers. "The detachment from Bombay is but a finall force, confifting of the 75th regiment, the grenadier and 7th battalion of Bonibay native infantry, which, with a detachment from the artillery, are only meant to prevent the further inroads of Tippoo, tili the arrival of the Bengal and Madrasarmy, who are upon their march towards his capital. The fituation of the bulk of his army is at present not well known, but it is generally believed that he is drawing off for the protection of his own country. One of his generals, Monf. Lally, is before Cranganore with a small part of the army, which it is believed he means to attack; as we are encamped within a few miles of him, it is more than probable we shall be drawn to its defence, and expect from the difference of discipline to be able to give a good account of him, in conjunction with the Madras battalions, which are also in his neighbourhood, "From the numbers and difcipline of the Company's European force, and the impoffibility of the French lending any affiftance, we have every expectation of decided advantage, more particularly the Mahrattas, who were against inft us last war, have declared in our favour, and are preparing a large force at Poonah to make an attack in another quarter." BOM BOMBAT, May tộ. Our troops landed at Vipeen Islands on the 26th of April, and found that Tippoo had fstormed and carried the Travan core lines on the 15th ult. He met with very little refifiance from the Rajah's troops, who fled immediately on the first affault. The whole country in the neighbour hood is now deserted. The inhabitants have all gone fouthward. Tippoo's army, which confifts of upwards of 100,000 men, is encamped at Mellcore, about ten miles from this place. M. Laily, a Frenchman, with a detached party, has been laying fiege to Cranganore for some days past; he opened his batterics on the 6th inft. the firing was inceffant for several hours, and it was thought that the fort could not hold out long. By letters from Madras, of the 24th ult. we learn, that their grand army was to march from Trichinopoly on the sth inft, under the command of General Meadows, so that it will not be prudent for Tippoo to remain long in the neighbourhood. With our present force it will be imposible for us to move till he is gone, as, were we to quit this place, he would be able to cut off all our fupplies, by means of detachments from his large army. We are encamped on the island of Vipeen, about four miles from Aycottay and ten from Cochin, Our force confifts of about 2500 men, of whom soo are Europeans. : We have been joined here by two par ties of Sepoys from Madras, who have been some time in this country, but are only acting on the defenfive. As the rains are expected to set in in a few days, and in this country are very violent, it is probable that we shall remain here until the Monfoons are over. JAMAICA. only now and then interrupted by fudden puffs of wind, that affected those who felt them with particular fenfations of warmth and moisture. A short time ber fore the gale commenced, the horizon presented an appearance of gloomy horror, and the wind set in; it was accompanied with a torrent of rain, and blew with a violence that portended the most direful effects. The wind keeping to the east and fouth-eaft, did very little mischief in the town of Kingston, blowing down only a few flight fences, which may eafily be repaired; the parishes which have fuffered most were, Westmoreland and Hanover, The damage fustained by the vessels in the harbour were as follows: : ON SHORE: London, Robertson. Nancy, Moulden, -Loft her stern. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 21. On the 19th inst. a man found means to elude the vigilance of the principal eunuch of the Grand Vizier, and, as is supposed, his plan having been laid fome time, he entered and fecreted himself in the Seraglio of the Vizier. At the usual hour his Highness repaired to his apartments; he was, as is cuftomary, faluted by a band of fingers and dancers, and, just as he had mingled in the little throng, the villain (a Ruffian) in an inftant left his hiding place, and plunged a poignard into his back between the shoulders, and then attempted to destroy himself; he was however prevented, and fecured. The Tankerville Packet arrived at Falmouth left. Jamaica on the 13th of September, and brings intelligence of a very severe gale of wind having happened on the ift of September, between the hours of nine and ten in the morning; it came on from the south-east, and continued with flight variation, and but short intervals of calm, for near three hours. The extreme heat which had been felt for two days preeeding, the range of the thermometer being from 88 to 9t, and the appearance of the heavens, ftrongly indicated the approaching storm. In the early part of the morning there was a fort of folenn flillness in the air, which was corps, efpecially the French part of the His name is Carlowitz Torocki, a na tive of Morocco. He says, he had for fome time waited an opportunity, know ing the Vizier washis mistress's enemy. The Vizier is out of danger, but much hurt. LAUSANNE, Sept. 26. Canton Canton of Berne, testify a contagious defire of amending the fituation of the people by reforms, in which the remedy fre. quently proves more fatal than the difcafe, none of the commotions in Switzerland have hitherto assumed a more menacing aspect than those in the Valais which were occafioned by the tyranny of the Bailiffs. A peasant of Bas Valais having fought was fined 100 louis; the greatness of the sum in fo poor a country irritated the minds of the people, and on the 3d of September the mountaineers came down to Montey, on the banks of the Rhone, and feized the Bailiff or Caftellan, who, after being feverely handled, efcaped into the woods, and afterwards fecured himieif in St. Maurice. The or ther Castellan fled. The Fifcal, on his refufing to reftore the roo louis, was heat and left for dead. The peasants then examined their forces, and chose a conimander. Thote of Upper Vallais, instead of marching against them, fupported them. From St. Gingolf to the foot of Mount St. Bernard they wore the patriotic cockade, confitting of red, white, and green. They feized on fome strong eastles, a mill, and a powder magazine. They expelled the regular Canons from the Monastery of St Maurice, and having drawn up reprefcitations, declaring their independency, they difcuffed them in an afferably which formed itself at Martigny. The country de Vaud being contiguous to that of Valais, our Canton was naturally alarmed at these measures, and the Council of Berne fent a courier to the Bailiff of Vevay to announce to him thelevy of 16,000 men, under the command of M. de Melune, Treasurer of the Country of Vaud. Some troops were diftributed along the frontiers, and a proclamation issued, stating the revolt of the peafants of the country of Lower Valais, and the neceffity of taking up arms to fecure the frontiers, and preferve the public tranquillity. Our country of Vaud was Bill much alarmed, and the regency of Berne published on exhortatory ordinance upon the occafion. But our city of Laufanne, and that of Vevay, had no concern in the proceedings of the other municipalities of the country; and that of Payerne alfo remained neuter in the business. However, the vigour with which the Council of Berne have pursued all their measures has greatly alarmed the tumult: as a proof of its energy, it has claimed from the Minister of the foreign department in France the execution of the arcicles ftipulated in the treaty of alliance in the year 1777, by virtue of which the fubjects of both powers suspected of treafon, or guilty of rebellion, are to be reciprocally delivered up; and in fuch light does that council look upon the at tempts of the Society at Paris (whick goes by the title of Swiss Patriots.) LOW COUNTRIES. Copy of a third letter ftom the Minifters of the three Allied Powers, England, Pruffia, and Holland, to the Deputies of the Belgic States, Your constituents seem to doubt our having received positive inftructions and fufficient powers, to affure to your nation the means which ought to precede the ceffation of hostilities, and that we have not spoken ministerially in our verbal answers. To set aside all such scruples and uncertainty, we here speak for the third and last time, affuring you we do it mini fterially, in the name of our respective Sovereigns," That it refts only with the Belgic nation to fee their legitimate conititution re-established, fuch as it exifted, in the greatest purity, before the com mencement of the last reign, with all ite privileges, civil and religious, and a perfect oblivion of every thing that has pafsed during the late troubles. We are moreover authorised to add, that if your constituents enter again franky and willingly into obedience to the Emperor's government, his Imperial Majesty is disposed to grant fuck farther conceffions as shall effentially alter the conftitution. But we are obliged to declare openly, that no longer a term than twenty-one days from the date of this letter is allowed to accept these propofitions. If you permit this line to pass, or if in the interval you give occafion for any new hoftile aggreffion, we protest, that our respective Sovereigns can no longer guarantee your fate. Done at the Hague, the 31st of Octoz bcr 1790. of accommodation. On the contrary, even the advice given by their commanders, to bring about an armistice, if it could be done with safety, was more with a view to alleviate the miseries of the country, during the winter months, than from any real hopes that terms might be effected which they could accept of for they are determined not to acknowledge the Sovereignty of Austria. A further augmentation of their forces is now determined on, and the quota to be furnished by the respective districts is alfo fixed. Each man is to have a bounty of one louis, on engaging to serve for four years, at the expiration of which they are to have an annuity of twentyfive florins each. BRUSSELS, Νου. 2. On Friday morning laft, at eleven o'clock, the town of Namur fuffered a melancholy shock, by the blowing up of a powder magazine; it is faid, that from 300 to 500 perished; a number of houses, and part of the barracks also fuffered, in the account which the corporation of Namur gave Congrefs. They impute ute this fad difatter to accident; however, the goneralopinion is, that it was owingto the weight of Imperial gold. The lofs fustained on the above is computed at 80,000 florins: four hundred French guards and their officers are arrived at the camp of Bovignie, as volunteers under Major General Koehler. An express is every moment expected with the fuccefs of an attack that was known to have been concerted-fo zealous are Congress to have every officer at head quarters, that Major Money was difparched yesterday, nor was he made acquain d with his rank till he delivered his dispatches to the General (Schoenfeld,) who, it is whispered, must foon resign, from the marked attention paid by Congress to General Koehler. NAMUR, Nov. ΙΙ. On the evening of the 5th inft. the Sove reign Congress at Bruffels assembled in the Town-house in the Grand Place, where they received the citizens; and af ter the Prefident, in an animated speech, addressed them refpecting the Emperor's Manifefto, he, in the name of the Sovereign Congrefs, requested their fentiments, which was delivered by one of VOL. XII. No. 71, their head, who spoke to the following effect: "We have confidered the Emperor's Manifesto, which, I have the honour to inform you, the citizens of Bruffels not only reject, but despise; the people have drawn the sword in the cause of God and their Country, nor will they ever sheath it but in the bodies of their enemies! 1 "They are firm and determined they have and will cheerfully expend the last portion of their property in support of theirs and their pofterity's liberty! They befeech you, therefore, High and Mighty Lords, to act with zeal and attachments in your several august stations; for, should a link of your great chains give way, our caufe must fall to ruin."" The Manifefto was then ordered to be produced at the table, whereit was pricked by the sword of the President, and head of the people, and then burnt in form. I his appeal from Congress to the people has been ordered to take place all over the States, and there is but one voice-" Freedom or Death!" SIRE, FRANCE. YOF ALETTER, ADDRESSED TO THE KING OF FRANCE, BY HIS MINISTERS OF STATE, The wish manifefted by the reprefentatives of the nation, determined you, on the 18th of July latt, to call back two of us into your Councils. The Affembly had declared folemnly, that they had carriedinto their retreat the esteem and regret of the nation. You was pleased alio to take from the bosom of the Affembly those whom you have fince associated to the firft, who thanked your Majesty, by the organ of their president, who pronounced, in their name, that they would have recommended them themselves. These honourable fuffrages made us hope for fome fuccess; and, notwithstanding the difficulty of the circumstances, we believe it to be our duty to liften to nothing but our zeal and duty. We felt ourselves acting from a fentiment of purity of intention. We thought we might reckon upon the public confidence |